Among the more surprising offshoots of Lister’s work was the establishment of one of the most recognizable corporations in the world today. Like the inventor of Listerine, Robert Wood Johnson first became aware of antisepsis when he attended Lister’s lecture at the International Medical Congress in Philadelphia. Inspired by what he had heard that day, Johnson joined forces with his two brothers James and Edward, and founded a company to manufacture the first sterile surgical dressings and sutures mass-produced according to Lister’s methods. They named it Johnson & Johnson.
